The article presents an overview of the report "State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers," published by ACT Research Co. (ACT), which showed that trailer orders for September 2014 were above the 240,000 rate on a seasonally adjusted basis.

The article reports on the better-than-expected directionally orders received for total trailers and dry vans in the U.S. in January 2008, on a year-over-year basis. For the month, total trailer orders were 15,411, down 31% year-over-year, while dry van orders were 10,038, a 28% drop on a...